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Many young adults are curious and inquire about the benefits of Plastic Surgery, but student life is demanding, offering little time for activities outside the pressures of the academic world. 

So many of my patients are full time students; some have the further pressures of athletic commitments. Finding the right time for an elective cosmetic procedure such as breast augmentation (breast enhancement), rhinoplasty (nose surgery), reduction of excess breast tissue (“man boobs” or gynecomastia), or ear reduction surgery (otoplasty) can be challenging. 

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Littleton, CO — January 28, 2011 — On Wednesday, January 26, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) communicated to practitioners and the public about the possible association between breast implants and anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL). 

ALCL is very rare affecting approximately 1 in 500,000 people.  ALCL of  the breast is even less common affecting 3 in100 million people.

More recently the FDA  identified 36-60 women out of an estimated 10 million women with breast implants worldwide with either silicone  or saline-filled breast implants who have developed ALCL.

I want to give you a summary of what the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) communicated today to healthcare practitioners and the public.  The information given was that there is a possible association between breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL).  ALCL in the breast is extremely rare; 3 in 100 million women are diagnosed per year in the U.S.  However, the FDA is investigating if women with (silicone and saline-filled) breast implants may have a slightly increased risk of developing the condition.  The FDA have identified between 30 and 60 women who have breast implants who have developed ALCL worldwide, out of an estimated global population of 10 million women with breast implants. 

In previous blogs, I wrote about size, shape and position as all being important elements of an attractive natural appearing result from breast augmentation. In this blog, I’ll talk about the importance of motion of the implant.

For an augmented breast to have a natural appearance, it must move with the woman’s natural breast.  If the implant is in a fixed position, it creates “an obvious augmented look.”

In my private practice, the most frequent procedure I perform is breast augmentation; I perform well over one hundred procedures of breast enhancement in Denver every year! Women who consult with me about breast enhancement in my Denver practice, which specializes in breast augmentation, uniformly express the concern that they do not want results that look “fake.” This blog is the third in a series in which I talk about what goes into avoiding the “fake look.”

In my previous blogs, I have written about the importance of size and shape in achieving a natural appearance with breast implants. In this blog, I will write about the importance of breast implant position to getting attractive results from breast augmentation.